Pics from the amazing Snowman + Baseball double bill last Thursday night at the Annandale Hotel. Perth’s Snowman have certainly transformed since I caught them some while ago. In The Horse, The Rat And The Swan, their latest release, they may have come up with perhaps the strongest and most brutal Australian album since The Drones’ Wait By The River…
It was at the same venue that I was blown away by the sheer ferocity of The Drones 2 years ago, and Snowman came close to repeating that experience for me.
Earlier, Melbourne’s Baseball impressed with their unique blend of something I haven’t quite put my finger on just yet. I picked up their album on the night, and it has been playing non-stop in the car stereo.
More photos from the night can be found at my flickrstream and I have posted some on fasterlouder also.
It has been a little while since we last heard from pop sensations, The Basics.
Word on the street is that the sharpest dressed band in the land have been adjusting their lapels, and working on some new material in the old studio. And just to prove that they are also the hardest working trio in the country, they have just announced another round of month-long residencies in August.
Though, unlike last year’s insane tri-state attempt, 08’s version will be a slightly less-crazy two state only affair - Tuesdays (Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney) & Thursdays (The Evelyn, Melbourne). Are they getting soft?
The other news is that The Basics are re-releasing their little known 2002 debut album Get Back. Only a 1,000 copies were printed and sold originally, and this was before Tim Heath had joined the band (then guitarist, Michael Hubbard plays on the album). A re-mastered and re-packaged edition will be re-released via MGM Distribution on 2 August, and the old songs are sure to be re-visited at the re-sidencies.
4 tracks off Get Back are streaming on theirspace now.
Residencies in August:
5 Aug
Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney - w/ Cloud Control
7 Aug
The Evelyn, Melbourne - w/ The Brutals
12 Aug
Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney - w/ Blackmilk (WA)
14 Aug
The Evelyn, Melbourne - w/ Sophisticants
19 Aug
Hopetoun Hotel, Sydney - w/ Cuthbert & Nightwalkers
21 Aug
The Evelyn, Melbourne - w/ Princess One Point Five
Warpsters - Pivot - have today started a radio show titled O Download My Heart (pun intended). Each episode will be thematically produced, calling on all their powers to meld the collective minds of geek freaks everywhere.
The first ep is on classic synthesizer music and is called Cosmic Gods of SYNNNTH
01. Van Halen - 1984 [1984]
02. Vangelis - Main Titles [OST: Blade Runner]
03. Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV [Oxygene]
04. Tonto’s Expanding Headband - Ferryboat
05. David Bowie - Warszawa [Low]
06. Pink Floyd - On The Run [Dark Side Of The Moon]
07. Klaus Schulze - Floating [Moondawn]
08. Kitaro - Flight [The Best of Ten Years 1976-1986]
09. Vangelis - Spiral [Spiral]
10. Kitaro - Mororism [Oasis]
11. John Carpenter - Main Titles [Assault On Precinct 13]
12. Brian Eno - 2/2 [Ambient 1: Music For Airports]
Head to the pivotpivot blog post to find out how to subscribe to the weekly (or monthly?) podcast, and be sure to catch them while they’re here on tour with Sigur Ros.
Carl, Neko et al came and wowed us at The Gaelic a couple of years back, but as they prep for their tour to Australia for this year’s Great Escape in October, it has been revealed that Vancouver’s New Pornographers will be playing a bunch intimate shows, including Sydney’s home of live music - The Annandale Hotel!
Woke up this morning with the news that the incredible Yeasayer will be coming over to Australia for the Great Escape festival in October. More is going to be made of this, and I am one happy camper, but there’s probably none happier than this bloke right now.
Others that have been included in the first announcement are - The New Pornographers, Joan As Policewoman, Black Francis, Supergrass, Ladytron and Conor Oberst. Tickets on sale July 9.
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